Thomas Tallis

Thomas Tallis (1505-23 November 1585) was an English composer of choral music.

Biography
Thomas Tallis was born in England in 1505, and he worked as a boy chorister of the Chapel Royal at St. James' Palace before joining it as a gentleman. In 1532, he became organist of the Dover Priory, a Benedictine priory in Kent. In 1543, he became Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, where he composed and performed for Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I. He stayed an unreformed Catholic for the rest of his life, and he was honored as one of England's greatest composers for his anthologies of choral music. He died in 1585.